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These students are members of Sarah Turner’s and Cathy Rouse’s classes at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Nursery School. The tabs will soon be sent for recycling and the money will be used to provide lodging for the families of children receiving treatment at Vidant Medical Center.

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By The Free Press

Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 at 06:42 PM.

Food, tabs for Ronald McDonald House

Home is a place where families spend time together feeling safe and cared for. That’s the feeling The Ronald McDonald House of Eastern North Carolina in Greenville provides families when they go to stay.

The House lets families stay together at a low cost, and support one another while giving them a place to call home. When times are tough, that feeling of home is what a family needs to make it through.

In March, children from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Nursery School dropped off food and 43 pounds of can tabs at the House, collected by children from the nursery school and people of the church. St. Mary’s Nursery School is a safe, nurturing environment where children are encouraged to discover the world around them. Children learn by doing in a Christian atmosphere.

Art projects, music classes and science instruction allow the children to explore through touch, taste, sound, smell and sight. Fine motor skills are enhanced as students enjoy a variety of activities. The students also benefit from expanding their developing social/emotional skills as they learn manners, verbalization of emotion, problem-solving and sharing. Whitney Grady is the director.

Home is a place where families spend time together feeling safe and cared for. That’s the feeling The Ronald McDonald House of Eastern North Carolina in Greenville provides families when they go to stay.

The House lets families stay together at a low cost, and support one another while giving them a place to call home. When times are tough, that feeling of home is what a family needs to make it through.

In March, children from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Nursery School dropped off food and 43 pounds of can tabs at the House, collected by children from the nursery school and people of the church. St. Mary’s Nursery School is a safe, nurturing environment where children are encouraged to discover the world around them. Children learn by doing in a Christian atmosphere.

Art projects, music classes and science instruction allow the children to explore through touch, taste, sound, smell and sight. Fine motor skills are enhanced as students enjoy a variety of activities. The students also benefit from expanding their developing social/emotional skills as they learn manners, verbalization of emotion, problem-solving and sharing. Whitney Grady is the director.

Church to sponsor dog show

Higher Level Ministries is sponsoring “A Day in the Park” dog show beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Rotary Dog Park. Activities will include a variety of vendors, prizes, concessions and 5 x 7 pet photos.

The event will feature Best Dressed and Best Trained contests, plus on online Most Photogenic competition. For that contest, go to the Higher Level Ministries Facebook group page to cast a vote. Registrants in this category do not have to be present on Saturday to win.

Registration for the Best Dressed and Best Trained contests is $10 per pet per category. Registration is open until Saturday, and proof of current rabies vaccination must be provided.

Proceeds will support the church’s building fund. For information, call the pastor, Cathie Martin, at 910-296-0040.

GKCU sets public meeting

The Greater Kinston Credit Union will have a community meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. May 30 at St. Peter Church of Christ, 602 J.P. Harrison Blvd.

Updates will be given by the credit union’s management and Board of Directors, a question and answer session will be conducted, and light refreshments will be served.